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NORTHERN DATELINE Am at eu r an d Eric Thaheld (Hus) was fi rst 12 5 Nov ice Division Three . All in all it was a good ra ce day. T he people o f Plymou th are frie ndl y . so long as the riders rem emb er one thing: "Le ss sound more gro und!" • Roseburg Indoor short track By Ly nne Diltz ROSE BURG, OR E.• J AN. 24 Only one more race, February 21 , rem ains to add points to so me luck y rider's to tal. A March da te had been scheduled fo r th e ch am pi on ship but it co n flicted wi th ano ther event and th e CCR agree d to change dat es. The new d ate for the 19 75 -76 ind oor sh ort track cham p io nshi p will be April 17, 1976. Onl y one cl ass has been decide d thus far, th e 100cc Kid s, and Alba ny 's Scott Miller is firmly in first . The o ther six classes are still in doubt with clo se points fo r first t hrough fifth. In t he 200 class . the o nly Ro seburg rider in co n te n t io n , Doug l\lc \\'ilIiams, had first by a slim four poin ts over Bonita's Warren Bolt o n . Bu t 16 year o ld Doug left town jus t t he o t her day, for a two m onth tour o f t he pro ci rcui t wi th Pro Expert Mark Legarra, lea ving th is indo or race wide o pe n fo r Bo lt on. Doug received his Pro No vice num ber, 72Q, at their first stop in Ho uston. Te xas for t he opener o f the year's Camel Pro Ser ies of racin g. Ne xt sched uled sto ps are in Louisiana and Atl an ta, Georgia. Doug's fath er. a member of Cro ss Co un try Riders, has • promised to keep us posted . Shannon Amaral (51j) hookin t h rough Porterville 's first t u rn . Sing wings D-35 TT By Cosmic Cat & CO. PORT ERVILLE. CAL. ,JAN. 25 Richard Sin g took the 100cc Expert trophy lead ing wire to wire but not without a fight fro m Suzuk i-moun ted Shan non Amaral. Amaral challe nged Sin g o n th ree separate occasions but lost the battle at the chec kers . Mike Garrison (Ya m) too k third. The I 75 -200cc J un io r class saw David Morris (Bul) and Bryan Gosen (Ya m) battle for th e lead with Brad Helton (Yam) coming up fast in third. There were less than two bike lengths separating each position . Morris. ho wever, rode an almost flawless race and took the flag with a smile. The always exciting 250cc Expert class was a surprise as Gary Clark (Suz) took t he w in with fly in g co lo rs. It was a ro ug h o ne without the cushio n o f his seat which he lost on lap t hree . Scott Podergo is (Suz ) was close behind with Jim Birk le (Ya m ) in th e th ird . • SVS revive Plymouth MX By Moto Depo PLYMO UTH . CAL.,JAN. 25 Plym outh Raceway has been one o f the cen ters o f NorCaI l\!X for man y years. Th e Hangtown Nationals are run her e, plu s numero us District 36 and Cl\IC po int ra ces. As has bee n happening in othe r areas of t he co untry, noise pollutio n is abo ut to pu t an end to Plymou th Raceway . It isn ' t th e races th at th e town o f Plymo uth is unhappy with , b ut the un controlled p it ridin g and unauthorized riding outs ide of the raceway grounds. The tr ack was at first though t to be dangerous. There were a number of places wh ere riders were go ing down. but as it turned out the lap speeds were not very fast and there were no serious injuries. J im Lesniewski was the man to beat in the 125 and 250 Expert ra ces, as he took home top money on his Husk y in the 125 class and his Bul in th e 250 class. He did have a challenge fro m Kevin Henry (Bul) in the 250 class, b ut a crash put Kevin o u t of co nten t io n . Top money winner in the Open Expert class was Gary Murphy (llus) . showing tha t stamina was the wa y to 20 win, as he cam e from behind in bo t h motos to win co nvincingly. A number of rider s ca me over th e hill from Nevada and had good rides. Lowell Spiv a (llus) go t second Open Ex pe rt, Conrad Stitson (Yam ) second Open FREE G1VE·AWAYS ...while they last at participating Hodaka Dealers during the "HODAKA TRAIL TO FUN" CONTEST. Hodaka g1ow-in-the-dark key fob or aHodaka slide rule with useful cycle information. Right-on Rick at "Cow-Dome" By W. H. Spence r SA", F RA i\C ISCO, CAL. .JA!,:. 30 Right -on Rick Hocking cont in ued his winning wayS just one week after his Hou ston TT vict ory with a wire to wire 20 lap l\!ain win at t he Fra n k Gillesp ie bene fit on the Cow Palace co ncrete fl o or. A nice cro wd nearing 3, 0 00 helped th e fund fo r Frank 's medical bills and re covery . Fran k was o n hand and ap pear ed in good spirits despite hi s horrify in g crash at the San J os e Mile last September. He an no unc ed he would stay o u t the entire year and hop efully would return in 1977 .